Machine



(No Model.)

- E. E. SMITH.

IRONING MACHINE.

No. 345,737.` Pate-med July v2o, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

HAMILTON E. SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lRoNlNG-MCHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Parent No. 345,737, dated July zo, 1886.

` Application filed April 16, 1885. Serial No. 162,479. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAMILTON E. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to .ironing-machines; and it has for its object to providea novel and Io eiiicient machine, especially adapted for ironing collars and cuffs, and 'which will rapidly and satisfactorily perform its work without liability of damaging the fabric.

To such end the invention consists in the I5 combination of .devices hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan or top viewof my improved ironing-machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical 2o longitudinal section of the saine in the plane y y, Fig. l. Fig. 3 isavertical transverse section in the plane y y', Fig. l.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. In the drawings,the letter A designates the frame of the machine, and B is the polishing bed-plate, which is cast hollow, so as to form a chamber, a, therein, into which steam or other suitable agent lis introduced to heat the bed-plate, but by preference l use steam for the latter purpose. The polishing bedplate is mounted on a trunnion, b, which has a suitable bearing, b', in the fraome A, said trunnion being made hollow to allow the introduction ofthe heating agent into the chamber c, and the heating agent is conducted to the chamber by a supply-pipe, c, and led off by the exit-pipe c', Fig. 2.

Q are the pressure-rollers, having suitable bearings in the frame, and provided with a 4o fabric, such as muslin. These pressure-rollers are provided at their ends with vgearwheels d, which mesh into intermediate gears secured to the frame, motion being given to one pair of the said intermediate gearwheels by the shaft D, provided with a loose and tight pulley. The rollers bear upon the polisning-bed B, and the pressure of the same thereon can be varied by means of the setscrews e. These rollers C serve to carry for- 5o ward the lgoods from the hands of the operator over the heated bed-plate B, to which an oscillating motion is imparted by means of a curved arm, F, which is pivoted to the bed B at some distance from the trunnion b, and engages with a groove in the cam E, mounted on the shaft D, whereby motion is imparted to said arm for oscillating the bedplate on its vertical axis. The arm passes through a box, f, in the frame, sufficient room being left on both sides to allow free play of 6o the arm. The oscillating motion given to the bed-plate B imparts a ne polish to the face side of the article-such as collars or cuffswhile passing between the same and the pressure-rollers C. Since the rollers C are somewhat soft, and the bed B polishes the front or face side of thecuff, the hem is necessarily forced into the fabric of the rollers C, so that it stands out.

G G are the polishing-rolls, having suitable adjustable bearings, g, in the' frame A,which are rotated by gears h, connecting by intermediate gear-wheels with one of the gears on the shaft D. The upper roller, G, is made hollow, and is heated by means of steam or other heating agent, which is introduced through one of its hollow journals by a pipe,

i, and led away through its, other journal by the pipe i. The lower roller, G, is made of a shaft covered with fabric-such as Inuslin- 8o and in passing through this pair of rollers the cuff orI collar is polished on the opposite side or back, and the hem as distorted by the bed A is forced back into its proper place. By using steam as the heating agent a sufficient l degree of heat requisite for the purpose can Y be obtained, while at the same time an overheating rof the rollers and bed to such a degree as to injure the fabric is impossible under the conditions.

9o What l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the pressure-rollers, of an oscillating polishing bed-plate and the polishing-rollers G G7 substantially as 95 lshown and described.

3. The combination, with a suitable frame, of the bed-plate swiveled to the frame, the steam-chamber formed therein.the steam supply and exit pipes connected therewith,the rotary shaft and its cam, the arm attached to the bed and engaging the eam,thepressure-rollers, and the polishing-rollers, one of the latter being hollow and heated, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my ro hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HAMILTON E. SMITH.

Vvitnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

